The Search For Detroit’s Absent Students

[@5xl100]

"His learning will always be more important than mine" Thats a real mother

[@LOST-BANDIDO]

thats a fact

[@legojesus6931]

Clyde Cash Is that you?

[@MisterXenomorph]

It you!!! Clyde Cash!!!

[@5xl100]

@@MisterXenomorph *villainous laugh*

[@chiefs816kc]

A real mother would not have had 3 kids with no father present. A real mother would have gotten her education prior to having 3 bastard kids.

[@sharr630]

The worst part is that a poor school experience early on tends to turn kids off from education altogether.

[@KingHarambe_RIP]

@Ja Ekh But without education, how will our children figure out how to acquire the tin foil necessary to create hats to prevent government satellites from reading into their thoughts? You gonna personally make them all yourself?

[@nuclearnadal3116]

@@KingHarambe_RIP don't worry dude this guy is either a troll or lunatic either way the best thing to do is not to give him the attention they want

[@thatlittleratinyourcloset7612]

@Ja Ekh lmao who cares about vietnamese kids

[@thatlittleratinyourcloset7612]

@Ja Ekh same

[@thatlittleratinyourcloset7612]

@Ja Ekh lol no. are you?

[@briann1151]

I’m pretty sure almost every kid has lost somewhat some motivation in school during corona.

[@majermike]

it's easy for kids to lose motivation. a few bad early experiences and they could shut down to learning altogether.

[@pHixiq]

I’m in college, had a 3.5 gpa. Online has moved rhat down to a. 2.7. Had to drop out until I could go back to campus. It’s terrible

[@briann1151]

@@pHixiq sorry to hear,I was demotivated a ton with online school,I’ve never failed a class in my life until this year. Best choice is to do everything in person to get you right I guess.

[@pHixiq]

@@briann1151 100% same here. Had to drop so many classes I just figured it was best to hold out till maybe later this year. Many people have no idea how bad it’s affecting not only K-12, But college as well. Like they think they know, but don’t truly know.😣

[@briann1151]

@@pHixiq facts,2020 was one of the biggest mental challenges for me.

[@matthewjay660]

I am a teacher in Houston. We have been in-face AND at-home learning since early October 2020. I’m in the classroom. It’s now early April and even my more serious at-home students are starting to have attendance issues. I’m having to call home and beg 🙏🏻 them to submit work, yet all principals are breathing down our necks regarding our failure rates. This is my 11th and last year of teaching.

[@NellyNel2023]

Man thats tuff. I give you all the credit as a teacher and someone trying to do your job for the kids.

[@Bailey2006a]

Your last sentence is the real frightening thing about this issue. Teachers are leaving the profession in droves. Who will replace them?

[@Tman56]

I left the traditional school system in November (nyc). I feel you man, we are not the ones at fault and neither are our children.

[@Emma.S.]

Much respect for you for teaching in America... sad to hear you are leaving but entirely understandable!

[@Godbless-bk1im]

@Matthew Jay thank you for your contribution.

[@thealanford4780]

I work at a Montessori school. We do home visits for each child. They are vital and so helpful to understand each child’s situation.

[@thealanford4780]

@Adam Lee I teach in CO and we only closed after Covid hit. We were able to have summer camp and kids came back for school this year. With procedures in place of course. We have had children get covid and had to quarantine. But very grateful to be able to be in the classroom with my students.

[@rasheeda1303]

Send out survey letters as well.

[@monkemode8128]

@Adam Lee Yea, at my school so far 270 kids have been forced to quarantine due to at least 15 minutes of being within 6 feet of someone with COVID-19 (including me). With the schools own numbers that my stats teacher showed us the chance of getting COVID given you were quarantined from exposure was most likely was only a few percentage points higher than those who weren't. It really spikes whenever we have holidays though. I think going back to school is largely fine with basic safety precautions, wear a mask and social distance where possible, because even if it rarely affects students there's still teachers, faculty, and parents to worry about. I like our system where students/parents can choose online or in person, if someone's scared they don't need to go.

[@thealanford4780]

@@RandomKZbin123 we do not inspect it . We do it to meet the child in their environment. Chill out

[@lfugh1]

@Adam Lee kids come into contact with parents, other kids, teachers... very uneducated comment

[@aleksandra4581]

I was shocked that missing 2 days per month is considered chronic absence, in my last year of high school I only attended 40% of classes and noone reached out to me about it

[@davidporter9553]

I think that's more for Elementary and Middle school students. As a Senior in High School, things are different

[@lurkintracks]

Same i missed 170+ days and my school doesn't even say nothing

[@What-sf5ey]

sounds like a failed system wherever you live

[@benji6632]

If you’re over 17 the attendance rules are different. Also if you have good grades like mostly Bs schools honestly don’t care. I’m a sophomore and miss a day almost every week but I’m a straight A student in all honor classes. I’ve only been talked to about it once a couple weeks ago despite being well over the allowed limit of missed days for months.

[@bobabola1386]

I miss like 40% of school an get only 50s 😌

[@goofytuna6077]

Online school sucks ass man. Everyday it's just wake up, submit by 11:59pm, then go to sleep. I feel like my youth is just passing by me and I can't do anything about it

[@oxnyxws]

Talk to everyone around you about getting vaccine so we can get out of this!

[@nehakhanom2293]

Same. A big part of school for me was spending time with my friends and socialising in a comfortable environment in ways anxiety won’t let me otherwise, and learning with my classmates motivated me. Online school kicked my ass.

[@Kalani_Saiko]

@Cal Rogers We're children, let us be kids and we will deal with work later, the point is we are not adults, we are still learning about what the world is like, let us do that before you shove adulthood into our faces

[@sebby324]

My school days are 6AM to 6PM to online school have me more free time

[@nehakhanom2293]

@Cal Rogers wow! i never thought I’d see it for myself... a boomer in the wild! you really read a comment about a student struggling and thought ‘how dare they talk about school work!! Let me take time out of my day to insult them!!! that’ll teach them to talk about their interesting experiences! KIDS THESE DAYS!’

[@kazco8910]

Not about attendance. It’s about children being mentally and physically tired and completely unmotivated to do anything. I’ve seen it with multiple people. It’s a real issue. Teachers are also the problem here for some situations

[@xjondoomerx]

Honestly, yeah.. I'm a student right now and my grades/attendance have gotten really bad since the start of the pandemic. Since it started I've just started to feel tired and exasperated all the time, and my general mental state has gotten much worse. I wish people could realize that it's not that I just dont want to attend my classes or do my work, it's that im stuck in a rut and i cant get the motivation for anything anymore.

[@kazco8910]

@@xjondoomerx I’m so sorry to hear that and I completely understand, days feel so repetitive and there’s no change in my day to day life personally. Hopefully we can dig ourselves out, and I’m not sure if you have a summer break but if you do it’s right around the corner!!

[@Anitamustdie]

My mental health has gone really bad but I also feel for my teachers and I try to do my work for them because I know it’s also hard time for them however some teachers are dragging it

[@LearningwithMrsOkoro]

After watching the entire episode, I don't see how teachers are the problem. @kazco what are you blaming teachers for?

[@kazco8910]

@@LearningwithMrsOkoro Teachers are not empathizing that children are going through horrible times. Assigning work after work and expecting so much from them is not what they should be doing. School is rough right now especially online, children need a break. That’s what I mean

[@zovesy]

Another big problem with the education system is the world around us is evolving but teaching/ learning hasn’t been changed in 100+ years. -random 15 yr old.

[@MoroccoLion]

True! Public schools should be teaching coding and computer technology from elementary through high school.

[@KingTaylorScoot]

I agree - random 2yr old

[@kingricky2661]

Big problem

[@akhim695]

@@MoroccoLion they do in affluent areas. Which is kind of the problem. It's not like America doesn't have the resources to do this in every school. How schools get their funding is a huge problem in this country

[@prime8nate]

That's not true. A hundred years ago, education was focused absolutely on lecture and memorization. Students were not encouraged to ask questions and share opinions at all. There are a lot of social class and income disparity related issues that makes education in areas like this very problematic but teaching methodology has changed a lot in the past 50 years especially. But it doesn't matter when the community is experiencing huge problems.

[@chaseboen2448]

This is a snow ball thats rolling down and only getting bigger. We all need to recognize this as a serious issue and not just someone else’s problem.

[@biggboi1025]

Our school system needs serious revision tbh.

[@jakethadley]

This worst thing I see is that a country has this problem, but doesn't think "If we solve this, we will lead the world in industry and science". Healthy, educated, productive citizens leads to a strong nation!

[@jonathansantiago792]

@@jakethadley The USA's edge is its people; specifically an educated populace. If we don't fix these issues (a lot of which we're already suffering the consequences), I fear that the nation is only going to see worsening inequality. We'll end up with the few who were educated and able to get a high-tech job, and then everyone else, who were left behind or otherwise living in the scraps, as more and more jobs get automated. Ultimately, a middle class will be almost nonexistent, or left to the high-middle class, and then the ever-present small, but significant, class of multi-billionaires will of course remain and have more influence than ever. In the end of the day, when their only competition is just a small educated work force, and then a huge, but insignificant (in terms of influence) poorer population, then it just doesn't end well. In the end, after a certain point where enough people have nothing left to lose, and are angry at the system, you end up seeing the riots and something that makes the Capitol Riots look like a joke in comparison. Not to say to give up fixing things, as the future isn't written yet, but it's safe to say doing nothing/the current trend of things don't lead to many favorable outcomes.

[@ryanstorm7050]

This makes me so badly want to figure out if I can at least help locally We have a University where I am that sends its outdated equipment, such as computers I see a need for computers among lower class people, maybe I can help fill that need?

[@tedhan1920]

Looks like this person didn't get much of school time.

[@EricaSilva-fq9ed]

Just took in a kid who has 62 missing assignments all F’s and literally no one has cared. The teachers are telling these kids this year doesn’t count. 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@KingHarambe_RIP]

Alternatively, you hold the kid back a year but then the parents will raise hell and sue. Teachers have their hands tied by administrators who tell them kids can’t fail. These kids will forever be passed along and never be forced to catch up missing work.

[@tobiaszstanford]

@@KingHarambe_RIP ... in turn you teach the kid you can get away without doing any work and let him develop a habit. Great for later years when trying to land a job.

[@bambi7563]

@@KingHarambe_RIP you’re an idiot. You can’t sue someone for your child being held back a grade. And anyways, do you really think a kid who’s parents allowed his education to get so bad or not be a priority so much that he fails a whole a grade to have the means aka time snd money or even the motivation and want to go thru the trouble of getting a lawyer and actually have the ability to get the judge to open a case? A few parents might go to the school and complain in that situation, but most likely there’s nothing more they can do than that unless the teachers themselves are actually the ones at fault, but if they’re not they literally have nothing to worry about. Your comment is nonsense and filled with lies

[@bambi7563]

@@KingHarambe_RIP and if you’re one of the teachers just passing kids to meet some quota you’re literally just pushing the problem onto others and doing nothing yourself to help and therefore are part of the problem yourself

[@KingHarambe_RIP]

@@bambi7563 lol in America you can sue for anything. I know a few teachers. One has students with multiple sets of parents currently suing the school. All of them have mentioned that their students will be passed along this year due to school policy outside of their control, regardless of how much work is missed. All this is anecdotal of course but I assure you it’s happening and it’s very troubling.

[@joyfulinternecion]

"You are brilliant. I know you know your handsome." I'm crying. The way he lit up. My heart.

[@flimcomedy7667]

Complements can only go so far but reality is reality. These kids are already in a messed up situation. Lets be blunt with them instead of giving empty hopes. And parents are also to blame.

[@joyfulinternecion]

How do I delete someone else's comment? Get outta here with this racist predetermination bs.

[@soapy7619]

@@flimcomedy7667 dude, whats wrong with giving a kid a damn compliment? jesus christ...

[@kungfumind.]

I know a couple of kids that seldomly go to school. Dad works days starting at 5a, mom works nights and sleeps until 2p. They've been truant for years. These are good people but their home life is chaotic and circus like, but we understand the bills have to be paid. It's truly heartbreaking to watch the kids fall thru the cracks.

[@AzraelFPV]

I hate to say it but this is why people shouldn't have kids. It's why I won't. This system doesn't allow for it all the time.

[@omusaatsawatuukha2513]

And who will take care of you when you are old and in a nursing home? Illegal immigrants?

[@AzraelFPV]

@@omusaatsawatuukha2513 I didn't say everyone shouldn't. I said people. When you don't have time to make sure your little girl is raised right and safe or your boy has good manners and a positive father figure in his life. Then you have kids? I grew up without these things. I know how it was. I know what it caused me. I know what it leads to.

[@virginiansupremacy]

@@omusaatsawatuukha2513 hell yeah immigrants you are most likely one yourself so shut it🤫

[@jaelynn7575]

I dunno. I was pretty much taking care of myself by age 12 since both my parents worked. I studied hard and finished University. It's hard work, but it can be done. It probably helped that my mom was a teacher, so I grew up respecting teachers. I saw how much she worked and didn't get paid for it. Always grading papers every evening. Calls to our house from parents. Early mornings. Parent-teacher conferences. Lesson plans. Fundraising. She was paid for none of these things! Support teachers!

[@mattrick2319]

i’m in my senior year of high school at a very good school and I didn’t realize how poor the education system was until this whole corona thing. I’ve been watching fellow classmates and myself included lose motivation in their education this last year.

[@TheRealJ4sp]

Get online and have your voice heard. I believe in you and your generation! YOU HAVE RESOURCES. AND YOU ARE CREATORS.

[@beandispenser6971]

@Adam Lee I didn't come here to solve a word puzzle

[@joaquinb700]

@Adam Lee you act like they would’ve known that immediately when the pandemic started

[@agni_oh]

@Adam Lee lay off the drugs Adam

[@vonm1761]

@Adam Lee Saddest part is you’re completely right and people just don’t get it.

[@asialadd7584]

I grew up homeless, if I had to do online school I would have had to drop out so ik this is hard on some families

[@asialadd7584]

@T Scott Lol shhh go sit down

[@johnsnow5955]

@@asialadd7584 You mean if you aren't given access to information you won't learn? How shocking! Just imagine if the internet was a human right like food and water.

[@bxnnys]

@T Scot yes that’s true but why u making it seem like it’s their fault?

[@user-us1yu8gx9s]

Fortunately some schools were given grants to provide tech and wifi to students who don't have them.

[@Trekki200]

@@user-us1yu8gx9s unfortunately many schools didn't get enough or the way the grands are set up is inefficient. Like sometimes a family is considered to be 'covered' if they have any kind of device that can run online learning, even if that is one phone in a household with several kids in school...

[@SquizzMe]

I teach high school in Chicago, and two days absent per month is a luxury. Many of our students miss a lesson a week, often more. The parents are almost always the source.

[@EazyMurphy]

@Kris Kripotos bro do you even know what your talking about? And kids in single parent homes have lower grades compared to those with both parents.

[@ektamalhi3480]

I teach high school students in India and attendence problem is the same here... Out of a class section of more than 35 students , barely 18-20 show up... There's a issue of device availability ... When that boy said , ' We are not learning anything... we just go on with the next class ".. it's so difficult these days for both teachers and students..

[@laurynallen2266]

I am a Detroit native. Graduate from MSU in the Spring of 2019, following graduation I committed to a year of service with AmeriCorps City Year in Detroit serving Brenda Scott Academy on the east side of Detroit in one of its most poverty violent areas. This is true. My 3rd grade students who often would miss a lot of school, missed due to having to watch a sibling or a parent had to work. The gap has only widened with online schooling, some students do not have the internet or the support at home in regards to parent monitoring, food, and other means for a healthy school-life balance.

[@yiggeryogger5235]

@@AA-kj4ic billions of dollars to africa and Israel instead of taking care of our own country

[@probablytrue4753]

1:52 he is totally right, online/zoom classes during covid in my experience are classes you take for a grade, not classes you take to learn.

[@Yourboibrad]

My dad got deported I went to an alternative school and me and my brother missed like 4 months of school and on our report cards showed up with only 14 absences.we missed school cause we would work 45 hours a week each me 16 my brother 15

[@DrakeDealer]

The American dream

[@flimcomedy7667]

Your case understandable but these people lived in America for years and years and years yet what knowledge did they pass for the surivial of their children. Literally a 1st world country!! No excuse.

[@roshelltannen9698]

That's your parents fault. Your father should have got his citizenship.

[@Yourboibrad]

@@AA-kj4ic thank you sir we will.

[@Yourboibrad]

@@flimcomedy7667 true a kid I meet in school said to me once "America life is so easy back in my country we drink water from the ground" to me that said so much.

[@iamj9127]

I’ve been teaching 8th grade math using the hybrid model since September 2020. I also have students that are completely virtual. I have not seen the superintendent or any other high level administration or board member in my school all year. They make decisions about what we should do as teachers but never even come out into the field to see first hand what we need to do to manage from day to day. I’m pretty sure that they are not stuck behind a mask every day.

[@gregthompson3481]

That’s why I like working at a private school. Admin is way more sensible. I mainly teach high school but I had a 7th grade class last year that I didn’t wanna teach anymore. The director of my class now teaches during 4th period so that I could have all high schoolers this year. She also is able to get a first-hand experience of what it’s like trying to motivate these kids online.

[@Danxethenightaway]

Agreed!!! Many teachers are quitting due to this very fact

[@clustr6806]

Growing up in a ghetto city it would of been bliss to take online classes. The amount of disruption the disrespectful students would cause for teachers made learning extra challenging and impossible in some cases. I would love for schools to address class clowns. That would help A LOT!

[@macthompson9750]

thats why they like school. its also about socializing and stuff. I spent most of my time in a classroom, but class time is what i remember the least.

[@clustr6806]

@@macthompson9750 No doubt socialization is important but I was making a case for learning disruption not socialization unless you consider them to be the same. In an ideal world socializing and learning balance out. Theres a time and place for everything, it’s just not used very well by misbehaved students. There is no point of school if someones opportunity to learn is constantly being disrupted to the point where they are not learning. It’s not fair to the students who actually want to pay attention to whats being taught. Who knows maybe in the future where everyone has access to it technology can help sort it out.

[@lisag.4054]

I’d like to apologize to you. I was that class clown kid in high school, and I know I disrupted learning for a lot of people. I didn’t care about my education because no one else in my life did. My parents paid zero attention to me and just didn’t care, so I saw no importance in education. It’s a big regret for me today.

[@Frenzzii]

Yeah because they lose money when a kid doesn’t go that’s why

[@kovy689]

Yup

[@captaincane64]

Duh but don’t blame the people in the video. Look at the system they are working in.

[@Danxethenightaway]

Really ?! Wow 😳 never knew that

[@joshuanuss1356]

Yeah, a system that supports wealthier areas more than lower income areas. Just one of the many facets of systemic racism in public education in the US. Sure the district gets paid per student, but don't think it's some corrupt system where they don't actually care about the kids.

[@maroonhorizon1693]

Oh wow

[@xwrtk]

True story. Someone that went to my friend’s school was medically ill and miss many days of school. School didn’t bother to notice until parents told them their child was dead and won’t be attending school. Parents were too busy with hospital and doctor stuff to call in. She eventually goes to warn our other friend about it as she got a job offer to teach there.

[@adannino1990]

I grew up in a ghetto in Dallas and it was hard to stay on a straight road. I imagine Detroit is 10x worse.

[@JD-jz5rr]

I think in the future that the government will create babies ( of highest IQ people ) in artificial wombs . So when a doctor is needed , then the government will take the sperm and egg of the smartest man and woman , then create a baby with it , then raise it to become a doctor . Regular people will not be allowed to have kids

[@szzk7937]

@@JD-jz5rr You never heard about World War 2? People will obviously fight against these things. You might want to read some history. Literally all the wars in the 1900s were based on fighting back against those type of ideas and control. The entire point of both faciscm and communism is to create a uptopia via authortarian means, which is what you are suggesting they will win? Lots will die before that happens.

[@JD-jz5rr]

@@szzk7937 Per the American Psychological Association, the heritability of IQ (as we measure intelligence currently) is estimated at around 75% by adulthood. This means that most of the difference between person A’s IQ and Person B’s IQ is attributable to their genetic differences (genes inherited by their parents). These estimates began with some of the first research done on intelligence, or “g”, as a construct of general cognitive abilities that underlie most academic tasks. Beginning with family studies (twin studies, adoption studies), the heritability of intelligence is now, I believe, mostly confined to molecular genetic research. However, one should keep in mind that the word most is important. There is still that 25% (or more) attributable to non-genetic factors. Environmental factors can, and do, exert an influence on the development of one’s intelligence. Unfortunately, this tends to be mostly one-way. That is, poor environmental influences can have significantly negative effects on intellectual development while positive (or neutral) environmental influences have minor to no significant effect on one’s IQ.

[@haught7576]

@@JD-jz5rr You have no clue what you were talking about, eugenicist

[@monkemode8128]

​@@JD-jz5rr I don't think it will happen, instead I think it will come in the form of implants and GMO though, people will still be able to have babies however a parent with enough money/influence could make theirs smarter or whatever. Or someone who wants to be smarter can get some kind of a chip in their brain given they have the resources to get one installed in them. Just look at neurolink and we can already switch out genes in some organisms I think that tech will continue to advance to where we could do it to humans. I support it.

[@michelleg5679]

I live about 30 minutes away from Detroit and I have a family member that teaches in Detroit Public Schools. She said she’s not even surprised when only 2 people show up for class :(

[@emmaq3250]

This last year has been truly horrible for so many people. Schools should have had an options to stay open this whole time. I can’t imagine trying to juggle finding childcare on top of everything else that happened last year.

[@spicyroads]

Start teaching kids how to succeed in life. Teach skills that will help them reach their goals. Teach them about money, credit, interest and investing. Teach critical thinking how to discern truth from rumor . 90% of everything I did in school was useless

[@dannydaw59]

That makes too much sense!

[@BriBryBriBry]

And quit walking out of the house every day Thinking the white man has done something to bring you down because that’s just hilarious

[@chiefs816kc]

Start teaching kids that two parent homes are important. This single parent epidemic is killing America.

[@katieakin9397]

@@BriBryBriBry do you know even an ounce of US history or...? Redlining just a word to you??

[@thetree9399]

The issue with being a "poor kid" is that your parents are almost never there. Always working (especially if divorced) and you have nothing but yourself and probably shady friends in a similar situation who have no one to teach them anything valuable. This is part of the cycle of poverty.

[@SweetasSugar42]

I was chronically absent from school a lot as a kid due to illness. Those were days with no education at all. It is incredibly difficult to make up for that time lost, even with all the supports I had from family and the healthcare system. I don't how these teachers and students manage to make up for lost time.

[@TreinspotterSem]

Me hearing 2 days absent every month: Those are rookie numbers this video gave me more motivation than my therapist and school combined lol

[@sir1junior]

I remember when I was in Nolan Middleschool and kids would get suspended for more than 2 weeks.

[@unicorn-glasses]

My middle school (in Tennessee) had a similar policy when I was there. And it never made sense to me. Why would the solution to a child missing a lot of school be forcing the child to miss MORE school?

[@MilnaAlen]

Wow, that's crazy. In Finland we never get suspensions. If you have missed out a lot you may need to make up for it at the end of school year so your summer holiday starts later, or if it's bad enough you have to repeat the year.

[@MilnaAlen]

Only if you were a danger to others or really disruptive you might get suspended from school, but even then your teacher would help you learn at home until they found a placement for you. Also my city has 2 special classes for students with bad school anxiety. It starts with getting the student in school for one hour a week, and slowly increasing. They also have 10 students at most, and there's a mental health expert just for that class, present every day.

[@matijakavcic2662]

thank god i live in europe

[@anyah7747]

My little brother used to go there

[@yungchum2073]

Now this is quality content Vice. Good job, more like this.

[@k.simmons862]

This is my father and I am very proud! Along side with his continuous work in the community and politics for decades in the city of Detroit, he has successfully raised me and my 4 brothers. We are always very thankful and proud to call him our father. His resume and work speaks volumes.

[@macthompson9750]

Thats awesome thanks for sharing! He seems like a great man.

[@abbyhenderson9574]

Wow, what a family you have! He seems like such a kindhearted man!

[@habalula15]

2 DAYS A MONTH???!!!!!! calm down, every kid whos born in the 90s 80s 70s have been absent alot more in those ages, this is sadly a hunt for perfection and it looks like the kids will be suffering from a overprotecting school system

[@techkpd7681]

Agree

[@Sofiaode18]

So this isn't as big of a problem as they make it out to be? I mean two days a month is pretty reasonable for every kid honestly, I mean I was absent every one or two days a week and turned out fine.

[@warfighter1988]

I agree with the hunt for perfection part but I dont think they'll suffer from people actually caring about them. I dont know how it used to be in america but I know that in 80s you had way more freedom to get a higher education later on in life, houses were cheaper as well, jobs were plentiful etc. They literally tell me at university if I dont get an impressive grade for my masters I'll probably have a hard time finding a job. Imagine paying 10s of thousands of dollars for an education I cant even get a job with

[@mf--]

If they missed one day, then the missed 8 lessons. If they missed two days, then they missed 16 lessons. That child is behind and needs help catching up to the rest of the class.

[@Exsugarbabe1]

I went to school in the 80s, i had awful kidney infections, if I had gone to school sick I would have spent most of the time on the loo or vomiting. I was happy to get through a month with no absences.

[@imnotbritishh3]

as a hybrid schedule student, i feel that the attendance issue is completely on the students home life. my parents work from home, so i do work when i’m at home because i have no choice. but students whose parents work all day and aren’t there have a harder time. they can’t ask questions, get help or be held accountable. my school doesn’t even make us go to zoom meetings on days we are at home. the school needs to go fully face to face because the kids who don’t do at home work, show up everyday we have in person.

[@L00KOUT]

Two days a month??? Bro that’s light. Like that’s no big deal. Let a kid breathe

[@exoboosterdemo]

18 days ?? Boy I literally missed like 6months of school and no reaction from my school smh 🤣🤣

[@objectoriented3049]

Nothing to be proud of.

[@What-sf5ey]

Sounds like a pretty shitty system you got going over there if they don't care about students.

[@rgg.x1]

I missed like 35 days now

[@Christian-bb6mm]

That isn’t something to be proud of.

[@2hunnid689]

ive missed 38 days

[@scarlrtt13]

You know the schooling system is bad when you can miss less than 18 days and lose so much track. I'm pretty sure classmates and myself have missed more days of school in highschool and we lost nothing education wise, I live in the Caribbean.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

I'm pretty sure standards are lower in the Caribbean if you can miss more than 18 days and still be on track.

[@scarlrtt13]

@@MK_ULTRA420 how would they be lower, we are taught how to study at home at an early age by our teachers, our teachers keep in contact with us and our parents over email, the phone or WhatsApp telling us what we did in class, we get our syllabus from the start of the year so we can keep on track, we are also encouraged to create class groups over whats app for study and sharing of information and our textbooks actually have the detailed information we would be learning in them. education is viewed as a privilege here (yes, it's a right here like most western nations but we are taught by our parents that it is more of a privilege).

[@scarlrtt13]

@@MK_ULTRA420 what students in America learn in grade 8 and 9 we learn in grade 6 or 7 (depending on if you go to private or public school, private grade 6, public grade 7) we also have stricter curriculums and school system. and we don't have middle-schools its just straight high school and we can start university/college at 15-17 years old granted we pass at least 5 subjects with B profiles for each subject. and our universities tuition cost is between 1500 - 4000 USD per year (depending on the subject and this is just the tuition not adding the cost of living).

[@dskye2634]

I live in the UK. Even if i took my kids out of school for a holiday during term time, you can be fined or go to jail.

[@ronaldcox6877]

Really? In a past relationships of mine my girlfriend at the time would be pull out at weeks or more for random reasons by her mother and they never did a thing or said a thing besides blame her

[@mercyappiah3272]

Wow Ik kids who may come every other month or just come in the beginning of the school year and at the end and I live in NYC America in general has an education crisis and they don’t wanna have that conversation

[@dskye2634]

@@ronaldcox6877 I think a lot has changed since school league tables became so competitive. I have twin 6 year olds and when they first started school I took them out for 2 hours to go to a dental appointment. When I came to collect them from school that day I was told that the school doesn't appreciate the loss time and next time I should take them on the weekends or during the school holiday breaks. I was embarrassed more than offended... I felt like I was told off! I guess they cared. Kids get certificates for 100% attendance and nobody wants the safeguarding welfare lady calling you or visiting your house to see if there are 'any problems at home'.

[@RandomYouTubeGuy-El-Hechizado]

same here, the kids can't be out of school for a certain period of time unless you want the police near

[@chaosXP3RT]

It's technically illegal in the USA too. My parents told me they could go to prison if I didn't attend school. I never missed a day (unless I was sick), but I was late a number of times. Got detention for it. Whoops

[@santorashane]

I am a public high school teacher in FL. I have around 10 kids that have not shown up ONCE this school year, and another 10-20 more that I only see once or twice a week, and some students I see around once or twice a month. It truly is a problem. I have no idea where they are, and I cannot get in touch with parents. I believe my county has around 5,000 missing children.

[@twt000]

Kids are getting used to slacking/being online so it's getting harder to get kids to go even for motivated education valued parents. We may see college educated parents with academically struggling students(my worry). I'm under 3 generations of U. of Washington science grads and I may be the last.

[@RunningGladeXStray]

I respect these teachers and that reverend they really care. And to all those kids I hope they keep pushing forward

[@mikar502]

I don’t know about you guys but as a student myself I find it hard to stay awake for a class and that’s how I miss most of them

[@ydmf2]

The world needs more people like Reverend Larry. ✊

[@emptybottleof151]

The world needs more fathers.

[@capncake8837]

@@emptybottleof151 Dang right.

[@gregthompson3481]

I’m a teacher in Texas but I went to school and used to teach in PA. At my high school and at some of the ones I worked at there was basically a loophole where as long as you were present in the morning for homeroom, you were marked “present” for the day even if you left in the middle of the day. I would usually leave just before or after lunch since I already had been marked present for the day. I remember my first year teaching the school I worked at realized kids were doing this and they cracked down on us about making sure we do attendance for every class.

[@babodawg6922]

"minorities dont suffer from a lack of resources they suffer from lack of moral character" that mom was suffering from lack of good resources like a stable computer and she was working hard for her kids🙄she got a strong moral character

[@RajahHindustani]

She got knocked up though... black men dont stay with their woman.

[@opekatakata1424]

That's the mom you were shown. Where's the daddy tho, character is still a strong contributor.

[@TheRealJ4sp]

@@RajahHindustani my dad's white and isn't around. It's not a race thing buddy.

[@babodawg6922]

@@RajahHindustani i know some indians whos dad left them, definitely not a race thing

[@xijinping6520]

@@TheRealJ4sp it is. look at the rates of single motherhood and teenage pregnancies. Highest among black people by far

[@shush5886]

My freshman year of high school I skipped enough periods that it added up to 30 something full day absences or so. I got threatened with truancy and almost had to go to court. I started showing up and just causing trouble. Watching this I feel so bad. I came from a privileged area, but took it for granted. I had no reason to skip that much or not show up days, I just didn’t feel like it.

[@Rommie26]

This is why it’s so important to have a 2 parent household

[@Dirtbikeboy557]

It’s more than that though. Each parent or parents are different. So is each area of their homes and schools and cities. It all comes together to create one. And your finical status of your home is a huge factor.

[@xijinping6520]

@@Dirtbikeboy557 growing up in a stable 2 parent household, with the parents being the 2 biological parents, is the biggest indicator of a child's success. People can avoid falling into poverty 98% of the time regardless of their economic background if they 1 graduate high school 2 get married 3 have kids. People that mess up that order are much more likely to fall into poverty

[@Dirtbikeboy557]

@@xijinping6520 yes exactly

[@heydude4193]

@@xijinping6520 the nuclear family is a new concept that hasn’t existed that long. The problem isn’t the family. It’s income, drug usage, neighborhood, funding for schools, etc.

[@Sofiaode18]

@@xijinping6520 Some married couples fall into poverty even after they have kids...

[@deebo5475]

We definitely need these home visits to check on absentee students so we don't have another child killed and stuffed into a freezer with no one even wondering why they left school🙏🏾❤️

[@JayyGeezy]

This is amazing! Helping and making sure these kids are in school

[@jeremymorales7129]

Not really

[@dannydaw59]

The parents are not being parents. They need to crack the whip and get the kid to school.

[@dannydaw59]

@Adam Lee Some students live with grandparents that are vulnerable though. How do you handle the students that live with and depend off the vulnerable elderly? Asian families live together in the same house with 3 maybe 4 generations. If they're going to school and bringing COVID home to the elderly how does that lead to fewer deaths?

[@cloroxbleach7377]

@@dannydaw59 kids don’t have the motivation they are bored they don’t like online school we can’t force them to do anything it’s all up to them

[@dannydaw59]

@@cloroxbleach7377 Then shame on the parents for letting them develop a bad work ethic. The parents have to motivate them and get them to school.

[@tvommy]

Detroit teen here, well in the outskirts, I got charged with truancy, and so far, I’ve had to restart my senior year when I could’ve graduated with my actual graduating class and it made me so depressed, and I’m struggling with being okay with college.

[@jaelynn7575]

My parents always told me that my "job" was to go to school, and that I'd be arrested if I didn't go. That worked. Also, while some neighbor kids were at church so often, I was reading a new book every few days. You can get a lot more done if you aren't wasting time.

[@underscorechaz]

Tautological, but so true!

[@EvaAnika]

Yeah, I thought that's what every parent taught their kid.

[@jakef1068]

Stfu🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Insomniac_tv]

The Internet has taught me more then school has ever

[@majermike]

me too. but it seems like screen time also takes away kid's ability to focus. there's more information available but kids are too depressed to dig into it.

[@anoncrazynonevilgooddecent7631]

Same here me too, Internet has taught me more than school ever has

[@Theaksten]

Not likely. More likely, the web has misinformed you more than anything else ever will.

[@Finnosullivan07]

@@Theaksten the web isnt only misinformation, sadly thats mainly the news, blowing issues out of proportion and scaring people for views, but the internet does have the largest collection of information anywhere and its a great platform for people to tell their stories and bring attention to issues, in my opinion, it gives people a wider view of the world, and helps towards fixing our problems

[@Theaksten]

@@Finnosullivan07 very idealistic given the web has empowered tyrants to manipulate the masses and incite insurrection.

[@otiscrosbie7859]

cant have a kid in detroit....

[@sonnytopboy4975]

Its all over the world, it's a war on the poor to go with the drugs war on the poor, my 3 kids all had to have a laptop for school...it's a piss take.

[@ariannaharp5021]

Sad. But it’s everywhere. I take my kids to suburban schools and live in Detroit.

[@anoncrazynonevilgooddecent7631]

@@ariannaharp5021 what suburbs?

[@ariannaharp5021]

@@anoncrazynonevilgooddecent7631 Dearborn

[@MrOwen000]

“What is missing in some of these households that make it hard for some of these kids to show up” Fathers.

[@DarkReapersGrim1]

Public school was hell for me. I skipped high school so much that I was behind in credits to the point where I wasn't going to graduate on time. The bullying was so bad I felt anxiety every day at school because of it, as were my learning disabilities. I left (you have to sign papers opting out of the system) for independent school at a community college.

[@cutthechicken194]

Why didn't your parents pull you out of that school?.. why did they leave you to suffer?

[@koobea4859]

I’m sorry that happened to you. Don’t give up.

[@DarkReapersGrim1]

@@koobea4859 Thanks. That was 18 years ago. I'm good now.

[@denisemiller5401]

What can be done to help these kids, families, communities??? I would be willing to help in some way if I know how to.

[@susanrobinson3745]

This is so sad and happening all over this Country

[@majermike]

just one item in a long list of things they took away from us last year

[@ceciliarules411]

it’s sooo vital for children to go to school from the very beginning (staring at preschool and kindergarten). and it sucks some kids don’t have that opportunity or something is stopping them and that sooo sad. and during this pandemic has not made it easy for those children. my mom works with kids like kids in this video and i feel for the teachers but mostly the children

[@Xenonmorph__]

I live in Cleveland and many of the problems facing Detroit's students are the same ones here. Another problem is that many children rely on the free/ reduced priced meals that schools provide so that has created a severe hunger crisis in Cleveland. Many churches and day programs have had to step in to do bagged lunches for the students so they don't go hungry. But many children are still hungry. And I can't imagine how much that hurts as a parent.

[@paraboo8994]

Oh man, same with distance/hybrid learning here in Austria. For some students it's the death knell, they disappear and you have the hardest time reaching them again and keeping them from dropping out of school.

[@madelinesummers5471]

If they want to miss school then give them the resources to get a ged or even enroll in a school that allows them to just turn in online work. There are so many reasons kids don't stay in school and forcing their parents to pay money or sending them to jail isn't going to help their lives get any better.

[@showmercytoothers4059]

Reward those that go to school

[@gumie3579]

America is not the greatest nation anymore. We have huge issues like infrastructure and we need things upgraded and replaced. We need high speed FIBER in every home. We need new pipes and water treatment plants. We need new roads and wastewater treatment plants as well. We need 5G for cell phones and we need a whole new power grid. Unfortunately we can't have any of that while they cut taxes. It's time we tax the rich like we did in the 1950's when this country was strong. It's time the rich paid for their fair share. We need to get this country moving forward again and it starts with getting rid of the obstructionists.

[@bobsagget823]

5G is what caused this whole mess in the first place if america improved 3G instead of adding 2 more Gs we would NOT be having coronavirus!!

[@gumie3579]

@@bobsagget823 What do you think 5G is? It's the 5th generation of wireless. So improving on 3G would be 5G.

[@ENAMI313]

@@bobsagget823 🤣🤣🤣

[@ENAMI313]

Karma🥳

[@whitelightning5937]

Never been absent before but when it went online I had 60+ absences and that was one of the lowest amounts in the school

[@nickyy_6021]

Im a junior In high school Im 16 and honestly online school really has taken me downhill as teens we all are upset that we can’t be at school we’re just at home everyday all day. My school the teachers sometimes just say ok here’s the work do it don’t do oh well and then just leave and let us have the whole period off like how is that teaching ? How is that allowing us to learn ?

[@wersis12]

Wait what? missing 2 days a month is considered as a serious absence? That's completely normal in Poland. What's wrong with it

[@potatoesare_jesus2278]

Once I’ve gotten a truancy officer sent to my house in 6th grade because I was absent for three days And didn’t have a doctors note turned in, Little did they know I was suffering a mild lung infection and couldn’t be seen by the doctor until the day after. I gave them the doctors note but they still hold the truancy against me

[@lifesucksgetoverit5440]

Love ur name and pic

[@md1264]

Your mom could have called the school to let them know...?

[@urmom_69]

@@md1264 medical leave doesnt count if you dont have a doctors note

[@md1264]

@@urmom_69 I'm an assistant principal. All the parent has to do is call the school and tell them what happened and we mark it as excused. The OP makes it sound like they did not communicate anything with the school until they got a doctor's note days after the beginning of the sickness.

[@ChuckSilva]

Some of the very best reporting on the web from my findings! We appreciate you Vice!

[@vicgamesvt9682]

I was never chronically absent till this year I probaly miss 20/60 classes each month this year and when schools closed last March I only attended one or two online classes that year.

[@ducky1593]

I skipped so much school in high school and my school never cared or reached out at all. Glad to see they are doing house visits. If they did that for me, bet I wouldn’t miss any more school.

[@Soudrah]

I'm a teacher in Texas and our attendance rates are about 30% in my school. Texas is determined that everyone will move to the next grade but honestly, Summer school needs to be required or these students need to repeat a grade. This type of problem can last for 8 years, teachers constantly teaching the grade level below....

[@dannydaw59]

Your district should have tutors to get that struggling students caught up.

[@aleksandrvolkov3835]

@@dannydaw59 speaking from experience tutors won’t do anything unless the student themselves take initiative and actually uses those resources

[@Patience2dream]

@@dannydaw59 as a tutor, we literally can't do anything unless the student responds to our emails or calls/texts. Once we're back in person, it'll be much easier to get ahold of the students and essentially "make them" get tutoring. Until then, the lines of communication lie on the kids replying back, and that's quite a bit of responsibility tbh because it requires a lot of thinking ahead which is mainly done by the frontal lobe (which teens don't fully have developed yet). I mean imagine being ghosted by a date and then trying to get them to respond back to you; really awkward, and an uphill battle. We're being ghosted by our students, and the same problems remain except that their futures actually depend on responding back to us, and the vast majority of them just won't. The other problem is that tutoring services are required to meet certain retention/participation rates in order to keep getting funding and those requirements have not been adjusted to account for these circumstances, so a lot of them will be cut or ended this summer right before we're going to need them the most. We're trying really hard, going WAYY out of our job descriptions to get the students engaged, but online is just not the same as in person. While I do worry about my job not being here come this August, I'm more worried about all the students who are not going to have our tutoring around anymore; especially since the program I work for has been around for 25 years with so many first gen high school grads successfully becoming university graduates because of our extra support and encouragement to make them realize they are more capable than the stereotypes that follow them. Once again, it's the poor communities who suffer most.

[@theresashaw5027]

The kids should be in person learning & not the parents teaching the lousy school curriculum. I'm in Michigan , my second grader hasn't been in person for over a year. The online learning is garbage. I have no problem doing learning at home with my son, that's partly why he's above his grade average in math & reading, however because I have to now do the teacher's job of teaching a second grade curriculum, I dont have time to do individualized learning with him. Online learning should only be for families who can do it. I work full time as a nurse, it does not work at all in my family situation.

[@dannydaw59]

@@Patience2dream It seems like the parents don't care about getting their kid/kids tutors. I grew up in a district where many parents paid for private tutors to get their kid caught up.

[@natakong2545]

Man I needed this man back in high school

[@BrianMillerCEO]

This just goes to show that every single one of us can make a difference. So inspiring to see people going out and doing something about the problems they encounter rather than just complaining about it online or blaming the system. That doesn't mean we stop pressuring our institutions to do better, but these people are heroes that inspire me to get off my butt and get my hands dirty helping others.

[@iloveyouamberappel]

Rev.Simmons is doing a great job and he is right, lack of support and a strong family is a huge part. Society really needs to get back tp pushing strong family values and having dads stay in the home.

[@XSemperIdem5]

During the pandemic there were low income students sitting outside McDonald's and other such places that had free WiFi just so they could log into their classes. I wish more people in a position of power realized that internet has become necessary. And if you have multiple children trying to attend classes Zoom style with video and audio, you're going to need decent internet and devices that can keep up. So many problems that were there all along came to light during the pandemic.

[@zmrpa]

This is exactly why I've been anti lockdown since the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year. I work in a socio-economically impacted neighborhood and see how these families suffer the most.

[@meccob.5927]

I saw Detroit and I came

[@sir1junior]

Likewise

[@JD-jz5rr]

I think in the future that the government will create babies ( of highest IQ people ) in artificial wombs . So when a doctor is needed , then the government will take the sperm and egg of the smartest man and woman , then create a baby with it , then raise it to become a doctor . Regular people will not be allowed to have kids

[@zenklawy]

@@JD-jz5rr Ah eugenics, that tried and tested pseudoscience.

[@JD-jz5rr]

@@zenklawy Per the American Psychological Association, the heritability of IQ (as we measure intelligence currently) is estimated at around 75% by adulthood. This means that most of the difference between person A’s IQ and Person B’s IQ is attributable to their genetic differences (genes inherited by their parents). These estimates began with some of the first research done on intelligence, or “g”, as a construct of general cognitive abilities that underlie most academic tasks. Beginning with family studies (twin studies, adoption studies), the heritability of intelligence is now, I believe, mostly confined to molecular genetic research. However, one should keep in mind that the word most is important. There is still that 25% (or more) attributable to non-genetic factors. Environmental factors can, and do, exert an influence on the development of one’s intelligence. Unfortunately, this tends to be mostly one-way. That is, poor environmental influences can have significantly negative effects on intellectual development while positive (or neutral) environmental influences have minor to no significant effect on one’s IQ.

[@J3-2344]

@@JD-jz5rr let’s say 1 kid has perfect genes and perfect upbringing and another has terrible genes and a perfect upbringing will they be equal or one will be better?

[@worldview2888]

PLEASE BRING THIS SERIES BACK - LAST CHANCE HIGH.

[@sonnytopboy4975]

Crazy when I was at school you got paper and a text book if the power went off....You light a candle.

[@johnsnow5955]

Crazy how schools like this can't even get enough funding for paper let alone candles.

[@area51803]

I missed probably two days a month when I was in high-school. Completely cut it out when I got to uni. Can miss class in post secondary. High school sucks for so many different reasons. I don't blame these kids at all

[@thugzfunny6236]

Missing 18 days a year. That’s nothing I’d miss more in a week. I turned out ok

[@bn9969]

Not too sure about that

[@omusaatsawatuukha2513]

But he will work with university graduates making 10$ an hour. Only difference is that he won't have student debt to pay

[@WorldwideWyatt]

Some people do okay after an abusive childhood, doesn’t mean everyone should have one.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@WorldwideWyatt Yeah I turned out okay. I now make a living via multiple cryptocurrency scams.

[@sammyveinsmusic]

I’m glad someone is covering this

[@kevinn1158]

This is critical to changing people’s lives. Hard work. Making sure kids are being guided into better lives. No judgement. Just get the job done anyway you can.

[@Augfordpdoggie]

Thats the parents' job

[@kevinn1158]

@Louie Ruiz Many of the families are single parent. In the end, you can go on and on about it's their job, but they aren't getting the job done and it's chronic. Force a change in some way and hope the next generation get a good education and don't get pregnant early etc etc...

[@johnsnow5955]

@@Augfordpdoggie Yah Sure hope that parent is not poor because if they are their job is impossible. Just work 12 hour shifts to support your family while also being at home enough to parent them.

[@Augfordpdoggie]

@@johnsnow5955 i do understand that relationships change, people cheat etc.....but people are responsible for their decisions. I believe many ppl think having a child is like having a puppy- just feed.it.and play with it. Im 47 and i never had kids cuz i knew i couldnt afford to raise them in a good way

[@johnsnow5955]

@@Augfordpdoggie Yes and that is a valid point of view but when we punish children because of their parents mistake we have a problem. Yes those parents should have known they couldn't afford a child. Is that the child's fault? should that child have less access to knowledge and information? We should stop focusing on who made the mistake and start focusing on the problem.

[@UIAL570]

2 weeks and four days is not a lot of school to miss. If he had said over a month I would have become concerned.

[@aldossnow3703]

Reverend Simmons is a blessing, actually making a difference.

[@602west2]

Sheesh I Wish This Man Was There To Help Me When I Went Into High School ,Good Man💪🏼

[@showyn99]

18 days a year?! those are some rookie numbers 😬

[@Ok-up8dv]

Fr 2 days a month you can only miss? I be missing like 6 or 8 a month

[@capncake8837]

That seemed like a surprisingly low number to me.

[@vivianagamino3831]

My lil brother has undiagnosed autism and they have really failed him the most. It makes me so sad.

[@joaquinb700]

I’m a freshman but I personally think instead of summer school or extra school hours because of covid learning loss we should redo the current school year so we can not only catch up academically but also regroup from the aftermaths of covid whether that be mental health or family losses.....I also think that it would benefit all not only in the future but also next year so that kids wouldn’t have to worry about a certain math skill they didn’t learn last year like radius or area or perimeter when they might be needing that certain math skill for a future assignment or unit.... sorry if it didn’t make sense

[@emptybottleof151]

So everyone gets held back a year?

[@joaquinb700]

@@emptybottleof151 I guess but college students move on

[@dannnnydannnn5201]

Don’t apologize. I’m not saying that that’s definitely the solution, but it’s a reasonable idea for sure. No matter what happens, most of the worlds students have lost a year. You’re not alone in this.

[@mybar1226]

Instead of sharing my opinion on a youtube comment section maybe I should go call the local school district and see if there's anything I can do to make a change.

[@maxpelton6819]

That neighborhood of Detroit is no joke one of the saddest places on earth even just to drive through

[@maxpelton6819]

There are some great people trying to help those kids regardless if it’s enough

[@johnsnow5955]

@@maxpelton6819 Yah there will always be great people in the world but what about a world that doesn't rely on great people to do the job and instead does it ourselves. Our education system is a joke.

[@Eastsidet03]

I’m not going to lie I missed a good chunk of the school year but the people didn’t try to reach out to me until March these people don’t care about kids education all they care about is getting paid because at the end of the day they still get paid even if 10% of the class shows this is why the education system in Detroit scratch that the whole country is messed up it’s just worse in Detroit sadly

[@bestyoueverhad.2408]

flunked my academics in 2020, i genuinely felt like not doing school at all, im finally getting back into it this year. (university student)

[@order66ed20]

education is so important, and even with a pandemic going on I believe that educating our youth should be our first priority!!!!

[@sausages6135]

Yeah, it's just a daycare until they're old enough to work. Learning useless things like history

[@naydsoe27]

@@sausages6135 what? You learn history so you can learn from the past and make sure not to make the same mistakes

[@order66ed20]

@@sausages6135 i don't know if this is ironic or not but history is one of the most essential classes imo

[@kipsaccount8716]

I dropped out of school due to chronic health conditions, i physically could not attend. They sent us a court letter threatening to send me and my father to jail just months before i was going to turn 18. The entire system is fucked. I'm glad these kids at least had a nice guy showing up to their house and praying, instead of getting served a court letter.

[@lastpatriot7506]

Ha spent my 2/3 of my senior year online. I haven't learned anything. I'm very thankful for my remedial math teacher giving life lessons though tbh

[@johnsnow5955]

Blaming online school for your lack of desire to learn is probably your problem.

[@82fdny97]

Poverty didn't make you absent. Lack of parenting and personal responsibility correlate with absence and poverty

[@trer04]

Our current concept of school hasn't been around for even a century and we're witnessing it go the way of the dinosaurs.

[@marshallmcluhan33]

Just put some educational stuff on Tiktok and you can win gift cards for watching. Dismantle all school boards

[@derricksmith9112]

Damn 19 still in high school that sucks

[@KristynRaeV]

The mom with four kids in school... all I can say is it’s really shitty that such a situation exists that she’d have to choose between her own education and her kids. This pandemic had put a much bigger lense on the immense issues we have as a country regarding education. I sincerely hope these lessons lead to better funding, and better structures to foster learning for all.

[@ihatehandles111]

i wish all these kids the very best. my heart breaks for the us's broken school system. i wish i could support them all.